Travelog for: Chrissy

Tree decorating!  (The camera battery went flat so we used a different camera in the middle until the battery charged and now the pictures are in different folders... bear with us while we get the order right )

Sienna and I were in charge of adding the top of the tree to the bottom bit, I felt rather important And, guess what I found in the decorations box mum?! A new friend! A cute little white bear. She told me that she hibernates all through the year, and only comes out for Christmas. I helped her up to the top of the tree, where we had a nice view.

We admired a card sent by a TV member RikeHH

CHRISTMAS DAY! 

We got a few more pictures of our host's tree now it was day time, then went to see the real tree downstairs. My hosts family bought it for 50p a few days before Christmas Can you spot me? The picture is a bit blurry for some reason.

For Christmas my host got a brain! It is meant to help her learn the different parts for her studies, but we just found it fun to play with

Then we all got a surprise... A new TV!  And he looked liked the brother of Pengy, aww  

There was another present for my host, which seemed strange; Dawn of the Bunny Suicides!   She said it is meant to be humorous to humans, but we didn't look inside as judging by the cover we felt it might be a bit disturbing!

After the present-opening we took a few pictures of the decorations, then went to watch 'The Muppets Christmas Carol'. Kermit the frog was starring in it, so we heard it was very good.

A few days after Christmas we went to the 'Lowry Outlet Mall' in Manchester, which we were glad still had Christmas decorations up This is next to the Lowry Theatre and arts gallery and Salford Quays (on the banks of Manchester Ship Canal).  The Lowry is named after the artist Laurence Lowry, known for his drawings of Manchester and 'match-stick' people.

This area has been labelled 'Media City UK' as some of the BBC television studios are here (we think the rest are in London), and in another part of the city there are ITV Granada television studios where my host's favourite Soap 'Coronation Street' is filmed. However it isn't too interesting to see as you aren't allowed to visit the actual television set where the street is any more

The strange looking building in the background of the photo with the seagulls is The Imperial War Museum.

We had a visitor... A lovely pig called Percy the Pig! He is a TV in the making He had just come from LONDON, can you believe it? We were all very jealous of his pictures - he hasn't left the country yet but he is excited at the prospect. All the experienced TVs told the newer ones of their many stories.

Crackers appeared under the Christmas tree! We all pulled them and had fun wearing the hats and telling jokes. Then there was a another surprise visit from someone... Santa! It was a bit odd as Christmas is over, but I think he had left the crackers there for us as an apology for his neglect of us TVs over the holliday. Still, we had fun with the human presents. I am still wishing for my scarf...

We decided to do a photo-shoot so Tapsi and I got a nice photo together

(Writing to follow - I am too sleepy after the uploading)

Nooo! The all important picture of us climbing the steps got missed out  It's going to have to go at the end

Chrissy arrived in Iola, KS today! She was greeted by Halo (the stray kitty who lives outdoors and adopted the host family) and all the other TVs!

Chrissy enjoyed the warm meal and friendly welcome at the SDA church potluck today!

Today the host family took us to Gage Park in Topeka, to celebrate a birthday! There was a lot to do and we had tons of fun playing!

On the way home from work, host mom stopped to show us the pretty scenery and the rural water tower that is just west of Colony, Kansas! It was such a pretty day!

Chrissy was invited to dinner by a family of little hedgehogs! She found their manners were quite piggy...

The host family decided to do a small garden in their back yard this year, but host mom wanted to stop by the community garden to see what other people are growing!

Host mom got working in her garden today. She planted onions, watermelon, cantaloupe, cucumbers, and a few cabbage in the ground and then mint, tomatoes, and oregano in pots. There's still more to do, but it was a great start!

We visited the Great Plains Mall this afternoon!

Run Chrissy, run... it's the zombie apocalypse!

Host mom finished her second little girl dress! So cute!